REPORT: No One Knows Who’s Running BLM Or Where Its $60M In Funding Is
(Headline USA) Millions of dollars in funding seems to be missing from the Black Lives Matter organization after several of its co-founders resigned last year, according to the Washington Examiner.
The Black Lives Matter Global Network has been devoid of leadership for months after co-founder Patrisse Cullors stepped down last May, leaving two activists in charge to serve as the organization’s senior directors. However, both of those activists said they turned down the jobs due to disagreements with BLMGN, and that they don’t know who is currently in charge.
“We never actually started in the position, so we never received any detailed information,” said Makani Themba, one of the activists picked to be a senior director.
The two remaining BLM board members, Shalomyah Bowers and Raymond Howard, refused to comment and would not say who is currently in charge of the more than $60 million that BLM has in its coffers, according to financial disclosures.
“Like a giant ghost ship full of treasure drifting in the night with no captain, no discernible crew, and no clear direction,” CharityWatch Executive Director Laurie Styron said of BLM.
Cullors stepped down from the organization after her personal finances came under scrutiny. Activists alleged she was using BLM funds to purchase private property, including two multi-million dollar homes in California. BLM denied the allegations.
Doug White, a charity expert, said it is alarming that BLM leadership won’t answer basic questions about who is in charge of the organization and what they’re doing with its funding.
“Sixty million dollars is not chump change,” White said. “That they won’t give an honest or complete or straightforward answer in regards to its leadership is a concern.
“Not only do they not have an executive director right now, we think, but they also don’t want to tell you how the organization is being run,” he said.
BLM transferred millions to Canadian charity to buy mansion formerly owned by Communist Party: report
Patrisse Cullors participates in the peaceful march in Hollywood, California, on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Thousands of people participated in todays peaceful protest against police sparked by the death of George Floyd.
Black Lives Matter(BLM) moved millions of dollars to a charity in Canada run by the wife of co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors to purchase a mansion that used to be the headquarters of the Communist Party of Canada, according to public records reviewed by theNew York Post.
M4BJ, which is a non-profit based in Toronto that was set up in part by Janaya Khan, bought the 10,000-square foot mansion for $6.3 million in July 2021. Khan is the wife of Khan-Cullors, a self-professed Marxist who helped found Black Lives Matter Global Foundation Network.
Last year, Khan-Cullors resigned from the organization after an investigation revealed that she spent $3.2 million on homes in Georgia and Los Angeles. She reportedly denied that the homes were purchased with donations to BLM.
The purchase of the Toronto mansion, which is also called Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism, drew criticism from within the organization.
"For BLM Canada to take money from BLM Global Network [Foundation] for a building without consulting the community was unethical," Canadian BLM activists Sarah Jama and Sahra Soudi recently said. "For BLM Canada to refuse to answer questions from young Black organizers goes against the spirit of movement-building."
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According to a recent investigation by the Washington Examiner, two activists who were supposed to assume leadership after Khan-Cullors' resignation left abruptly in September.
Cullors stepped down from her role as executive director of the activist group’s central foundation last year amid questions about her finances. Cullors was questioned intensely on a series of real estate investments and property purchases, leading to criticism for her perceived opulence while claiming to be a Marxist.
After Cullors resigned, BLM told the media that two new leaders would hold co-executive positions of leadership moving forward, which never happened.
"Although a media advisory was released indicating that we were tapped to play the role of Senior Co-Executives at BLMGNF, we were not able to come to an agreement with the acting Leadership Council about the scope of our work and authority," wrote Makani Themba, one of the announced executives who never assumed office. The statement alleged to also represent Monifa Bandele, the other proposed BLM senior executive.
"As a result, we did not have the opportunity to serve in this capacity. We wanted to be sure to inform our community of this fact as we move on to serve our movement in other ways," Themba wrote.
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